Example sentences of "high time [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 There are many lessons we can learn from other animals , to our great and continuing advantage , and it is high time we took a little while to sit and stare at the other creatures with which we share the earth .
2 It is high time we renewed our acquaintance with young Benjamin Titford , William Charles 's younger brother .
3 It is a little close to Christmas , but that seems a good excuse for a party and it 's high time we entertained some of our friends .
4 It is high time we ceased to allow people to talk about rugby union as a minority sport — even a post-World Cup modest club match on Rugby Special rated two million viewers .
5 ‘ Come on , it 's high time we were heading for home ourselves .
6 High time we heard them , I think .
7 It is high time we realised that we are lagging behind and that roads alone can not solve our problem .
8 It 's high time we kept some of the old G M W rules .
9 High time they had a fall , eh ? ’
10 And it was high time she retired .
11 It was high time she got down to serious thought about her doctorate .
12 She 'd been here four days and it was high time she wrote to him .
13 ‘ Do n't you think it 's high time she was told ? ’
14 Well , it 's high time you did , Harris .
15 But you 're not a child any more , you see , and it 's high time you … ’
16 It 's high time you two were friends again .
17 The bloke 's records are all rubbish and it 's high time you all admitted it .
18 Luis , it 's high time you were off watch !
19 ‘ Well , I think it 's high time you stopped looking like something out of the last century , do n't you , my sweet ? ’ her stepmother said .
20 You presented me with a daughter lately it 's high time you had a present yourself . ’
21 ‘ Then it 's high time you stopped behaving like a child , young lady , ’ her father said .
22 ‘ I does know it — and it 's high time you was thinking of getting wed , my girl .
23 And also I think it 's high time you and I watched a bit more television . ’
24 It is almost summer , high time you decamped for a fortnight .
25 If this sounds familiar , then it 's high time you took a fresh look at your hair .
26 Well , Paul , as a respectable married man it 's high time you went home .
27 " Then I reckon it 's high time you did .
28 ‘ I think it 's high time you stopped making snap judgements , Mr Bryce , especially as the conclusions you leap to are invariably the wrong ones . ’
29 High time you were up , anyway . ’
30 It 's high time you either changed your own personal world of beliefs and ethics or got to work on reforming your community or neighbourhood .
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